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Empowerment through self-employment: a motivational speaker uses his craft to reach his retirement goals.

Publication: Black Enterprise
Publication Date: 01-APR-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Empowerment through self-employment: a motivational speaker uses his craft to reach his retirement goals.(Investment Strategies)

Article Excerpt
Johnnie E. Williams III shattered his right elbow in high school and ended his dreams of playing college basketball. He knew then he'd have to work hard at something else to make a living. "I knew I wouldn't get any offers," says Williams, so he enrolled in a junior college and studied marketing for two and a half years.

While in college, Williams worked in the home medical care industry, servicing the needs of clients who'd been released from hospitals and nursing homes. He worked overtime and did odd jobs, and "by age 21, I was earning $50,000 a year," Williams recalls. Still...

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